Ghanaian businessmen have expressed concern that the ECOWAS economic embargo on the Niger Republic will harm their nation’s economy.
Ghanaian traders have expressed concern that the ECOWAS economic embargo on the Niger Republic will harm their nation’s economy.
Recall that last week, the ECOWAS Heads of State gave the military junta in Niger an expired deadline to reinstate the country’s removed civilian President, Muhamed Bazoum, or face economic sanctions and border closures.
According to a BBC article, Ghanaians are worried that the sanctions could cause the prices of some basic goods to soar “at a time when the country is already experiencing high inflation.”
“They have now raised an alarm over a possible shortage of the vital cooking ingredient. With over 70 trucks loaded with onions intended for Ghana being stuck at the Niger border”, an excerpt from the BBC report said.
